A teaser trailer and visual were released for the BLUE LOCK live-action film today, revealing an August 7, 2026 theatrical release in Japan. The casting of Masataka Kubota (Kaneki in Tokyo Ghoul live-action ) as Jinpachi Ego was also announced. In Love and Deep Water director Yusuke Taki helms the adaptation, and Tetsuo Kamata provides the script. BLUE LOCK Live-Action Film Teaser Trailer BLUE LOCK Live-Action Film Visuals Teaser Visual Jinpachi Ego Visual The cast of the BLUE LOCK live-action film includes: Yoichi Isagi played by Fumiya Takahashi Meguru Bachira played by Kaito Sakurai Hyoma Chigiri played by Kyohei Takahashi Rensuke Kunigami played by Kouta Nomura Gurimu Igarashi played by Yuzu Aoki Asahi Naruhaya played by Sho Nishigaki Gin Gagamaru played by Yuki Tachibana Jingo Raichi played by Raizo Ishikawa Okuhito Iemon played by Joey Iwanaga Wataru Kuon played by Shunya Asano Yudai Imamura played by Yuki Sakurai Ryosuke Kira played by Yuki Kira Jinpachi Ego played by Masataka Kubota RELATED: Live-Action BLUE LOCK Film Reveals Main Cast Adapting the award-winning manga by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura, Yuji Haibara ( The Slime Diaries ) directed the second season of BLUE LOCK at studio eightbit ( That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ), with series composition by Taku Kishimoto, character designs by Kenji Tanabe and music by Jun Murayama. A new anime series is also in production . Crunchyroll streams both current seasons and BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI- , describing the story like so: Japan’s desire for World Cup glory leads the Japanese Football Association to launch a new rigorous training program to find the national team’s next striker. Three hundred high school players are pitted against each other for the position, but only one will come out on top. Who among them will be the striker to usher in a new era of Japanese soccer? Source: Comic Natalie
